Program Selling Halted on KOSPI after Sharp Drop

[Economy] : Program sell orders were temporarily halted on the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) after the bourse plunged below five-thousand-500 amid the Middle East crisis. The KOSPI was trading at five-thousand-495-point-16 as of 9:32 a.m., down 286-point-04 points, or four-point-95 percent from ... [more...]